Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure - A Certain Time and Place in the Early 70s
Throughout its production history, directors have changed the setting of William Shakespeare’s "Measure for Measure" to speak to the particular moment in which it is produced. There's Sean Holmes’ production with the Royal Shakespeare Company set in post-war Vienna, Gregory Doran’s production set in 1900s Vienna, and the recent production at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, directed by Henry Godinez, set in 1950s Cuba. Like most of Shakespeare’s works, directors find his texts malleable enough to support changes in locales and time periods, albeit sometimes with mixed success. In recent years, Measure for Measure has bee